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Undetected tuberculosis at enrollment and after hospitalization in medical and oncology wards in Botswana

Cancer patients are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, especially in hospital settings with high TB/HIV burden. The study was implemented among adult patients admitted to the largest tertiary-level referral hospital in Botswana. We estimated the TB prevalence at admission and the rate of...

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Autores principales: Baik, Yeonsoo, Fane, Othusitse, Wang, Qiao, Modongo, Chawangwa, Caiphus, Cynthia, Grover, Surbhi, Zetola, Nicola M., Shin, Sanghyuk S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6623960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31295315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219678